New Standard for Standards

摘要

Digital well planning, construction and maintenance have a lot of potential for cost reduction and improved HSE. Developing a software model to replace many of the tasks performed by humans can reduce administrative tasks and enables more focus on the quality of plans and operations. One single model to overlook engineering and activity through the life cycle of wells from the planning phase, through construction, production, maintenance to the final plugging unlocks many potential improvements. One possible feature for a Life Cycle Well Integrity Model (LCWIM) is to embed industry standards to supply guidance and recommendations during the life cycle of a well. Changing the format of standards so both computers and humans understand their content can benefit the planning and operational phases of well construction, intervention, production and finally plugging. Typically, standards are used broadly in the planning phase. However, in the later phases of the life cycle of the well, it is often more difficult to accommodate both changes in operations and updates to industry standards. Embedding the industry "best practice" into software for planning well construction and maintenance, can prevent potential human errors and ensure an appropriate well construction. Having standards as "digital eye" on the engineering and well construction parameters can help to ensure safer operation and help to ensure that no regulations are overseen due to human error. Standards can be considered a collection of experiences gathered over decades in the industry, and they represent the common ground for description of methods and procedures for safe and sustainable operations. When digital well planning gradually replaces the traditional manual planning processes, the vast experience of standards can support engineers more actively and directly compared to text documents. This paper describes an approach to merge the digital version of a standard into the LCWIM so it actively provides relevant information to ongoing operations similar to a help function. The user would experience this as "relevant information" by just a mouse-click. The method of choice elaborated in this article shows a life cycle standard in the shape of an active support module to the LCWIM. The reasons behind the selected approach is twofold: (1) LCWIM is a life cycle tool, which incorporates life cycle standards to support all activities in all phases, (2) Standards support LCWIM by verifying that tests and procedures are in compliance. The focus of this paper is to demonstrate how a life cycle standard like the NORSOK D-10 Rev. 4, June 2013 can be completely digitalized to take an active part in planning and operations. The scope is limited to section 5.6 "Casing design" with elaboration of section 5.6.3 "Load cases" to stepwise show one way the standard can become interactive.